Panthers Activate DT Zach Kerr From COVID-19 List, Place OL Dennis Daley On IR

The Panthers announced they have activated DT Zach Kerr from the COVID-19 list and placed OL Dennis Daley on injured reserve. 

#Panthers activate Zach Kerr from reserve/COVID-19 listhttps://t.co/Svd9TH4E61

— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) December 22, 2020

Carolina also activated practice squad WR Ishmael Hyman from the COVID-19 list. 

Kerr, 30, wound up signing on with the Colts as an undrafted free agent out of Delaware back in 2014. He managed to make the 53-man roster in all three of seasons with the Colts.

However, Indianapolis declined to tender him a restricted offer, which allowed him to test the open market as an unrestricted free agent in 2017. The Broncos later signed him to a two-year contract but was cut loose coming out of the preseason. 

Kerr later signed on with the Cardinals and finished out the year in Arizona. He signed a one-year deal with the Panthers this offseason. 

In 2020, Kerr has appeared in 11 games and recorded 27 total tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble and two pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 11 interior defender out of 131 qualifying players. 

Daley, 24, was drafted by the Panthers in the sixth round out of South Carolina in 2019. He’s in the second year of a four-year, $2.6 million rookie deal. 

In 2020, Daley has appeared in five games and made three starts for the Panthers.